Taupo Weekender
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Latest documents
- EDITORIAL
Catching Covid-19 brings range of emotions
Anger, frustration, sadness and even guilt are some of the feelings I have experienced since catching Covid-19 last week.
- Homicide inquiry after man dies
at motel
An emergency housing motel in Taupō that is the scene of a homicide inquiry has been the subject of police attention more than 40 times in just over a year.
- Blizzard scene for well-paced thriller
FILM REVIEW
No Exit (R, 95 mins), screening now on Disney+
- Changes are on the horizon
It is time for a change.
- MĀORI WORD
The Taupō & Tūrangi Weekender supports Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori, the Māori Language Commission’s campaign to increase New Zealanders’ te reo Māori vocabulary by running a different Māori word to learn each week. This week’s word: marumaru - shade
- Kiwis losing millions to online scams
According to New Zealand Police’s Financial Intelligence Unit, Kiwis who get tricked into passing their money to love interests lose tens of millions of dollars annually to these scams.
- Farmer fined $35,000 for failing to care for his sheep
A South Waikato sheep and beef farmer has been fined $35,000 after failing to care for his sheep, leaving eight dead in a paddock.
- It was a hot, dry February until Cyclone Dovi blew in
February, the last month of summer, began hot, humid and very dry in Taupō but the passage of a weakening tropical Cyclone Dovi on February 11 brought a dramatic change in weather patterns.
- Taupō firefighters are good sorts
The Taupō District fire brigade are the latest recipient of the Good Sort award.
- Boost targets girls to get them into physical activity
Aprogramme coming to Taupō next month aims to help Kiwi girls unlock their talent and be their best selves.
Featured documents
- Taupo’s rogue bore
If you didn’t know it was a crater, you might mistake it for one of the many gullies surrounding Taupo. Pine and gum trees grow around it and the edges are tangled in brambles....
- Taupo’s rogue bore
If you didn’t know it was a crater, you might mistake it for one of the many gullies surrounding Taupo. Pine and gum trees grow around it and the edges are tangled in brambles....
- Setting the record straight
Vaccine-related hospitalisations are being hushed upThere are many approaches to assessing the safety of vaccines after they’re introduced. One is to collect reports of adverse events that occur after the administration of vaccines, even if the vaccine might not have caused the event. These reports ...
- Taupo’s rogue bore
If you didn’t know it was a crater, you might mistake it for one of the many gullies surrounding Taupo. Pine and gum trees grow around it and the edges are tangled in brambles....
- Taupo’s rogue bore
If you didn’t know it was a crater, you might mistake it for one of the many gullies surrounding Taupo. Pine and gum trees grow around it and the edges are tangled in brambles....
- SUPERFAST, SUPER-SUNNY
A V12 and a Ferrari are a match made in horsepower heaven. Throw in a modern folding hardtop roof and there’s potentially the best of all worlds. The 812GTS recently landed in New Zealand as the open-top version of the comically titled 812 Superfast and, though only slightly less superfast, the GTS ...
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tips to ease your Covid anxiety
New Zealanders have high hopes for a safe summer and a better 2022, but it’s still easy to succumb to worry in the face of unpredictability....
- ‘I want to put a smile on people’s faces’
The creator of a new family entertainment zone in Taupō says he built it as a legacy for the town and to put smiles on people’s faces....
- SPACE RACE
I have many animated discussions with the younger members of the DRIVEN team about horsepower versus kiloWatts. Because they are young, watch too much British/American automotive YouTube content and aren’t aware that the Weights and Measurements Amendment Act made New Zealand metric in 1976, they...
- THUMBS UP AND DOWN
■Thumbs up to the staff at Taupo MSD for their understanding and for treating me with dignity and respect. It is not easy for a woman in her late 50s who has worked all her life to find herself in the situation of having to seek assistance due to unemployment. The staff at Taupo MSD were fantastic...